Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

So Dear to My Heart *** (1948, Burl Ives, Beulah Bondi, Harry Carey Sr, Luana Patten, Bobby Driscoll) – Classic Movie Review 12,085

Director Harold D Schuster’s 1948 Walt Disney American live-action animated feature children’s film So Dear To My Heart is based on the story Midnight and Jeremiah by Sterling North. It stars Burl Ives, Beulah Bondi, Harry […]

Apr, 26 · in Reviews

They Made Her a Spy ** (1939, Sally Eilers, Allan Lane, Fritz Leiber, Frank M Thomas) – Classic Movie Review 12,084

‘UNCLE SAM CRACKS DOWN ON SPIES! A lone woman risks life – for love – and sweet vengeance!’ Director Jack Hively’s RKO Radio Pictures 1939 American black and white spy drama film They Made Her […]

Apr, 26 · in Reviews

When I Grow Up *** (1951, Bobby Driscoll, Robert Preston, Martha Scott, Charley Grapewin) – Classic Movie Review 12,083

When I Grow Up (1951) is the only film directed by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Michael Kanin.  Writer-director Michael Kanin’s 1951 drama When I Grow Up stars Bobby Driscoll, Robert Preston, Charley Grapewin, Martha Scott, Sherry Jackson, Johnny McGovern and Frances […]

Apr, 25

Sweet Kill [The Arousers] ** (1972, Tab Hunter, Cherie Latimer, Nadyne Turney, Isabel Jewell) – Classic Movie Review 12,082

The 1972 tacky and tawdry B-movie horror thriller film Sweet Kill [The Arousers] [A Kiss from Eddie] is written and directed by Oscar-winner Curtis Hanson in his directorial debut, is produced by Roger Corman, and […]

Apr, 23

A Connecticut Yankee *** (1931, Will Rogers, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan) – Classic Movie Review 12,081

Director David Butler’s 1931 Fox Film Corporation black and white comedy A Connecticut Yankee is based on Mark Twain’s 1889 novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, and stars Will Rogers, Myrna Loy and […]

Apr, 22

Union City ***½ (1980, Deborah Harry, Dennis Lipscombe, Irena Maleeva, Everett McGill, Sam McMurray, Pat Benatar) – Classic Movie Review 12,080

Writer-director Mark Reichert’s 1980 American neo-noir crime mystery thriller film Union City is a first-class 40s-style retro-film noir, a neat little style object, with Deborah Harry of Blondie fame on fine form as a femme fatale, Lillian, […]

Apr, 21

Union Station **** (1950, William Holden, Barry Fitzgerald, Nancy Olson, Lyle Bettger, Jan Sterling, Allene Roberts) – Classic Movie Review 12,079

Director Rudolph Maté’s suspenseful and entertaining 1950 black and white Paramount Pictures crime drama film noir thriller Union Station is adapted from Thomas Walsh’s Edgar-winning novel Nightmare in Manhattan, and stars William Holden, Barry Fitzgerald, […]

Apr, 21

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